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Created January 2, 2014 03:03
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Wrapper script to always use a secure user dir for Google Chrome. I find this useful for protecting private caches on a work computer.
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private-chrome.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
# Mount a truecrypt volume on /media/truecrypt1
USER_DATA_DIR=/media/truecrypt1/Chrome/$USER
if [ ! -d $USER_DATA_DIR ]; then
echo No secure data directory $USER_DATA_DIR 1>&2
exit 1;
fi
EXTRA_CHROME_ARGS="--enable-webgl --ignore-gpu-blacklist"
exec google-chrome $EXTRA_CHROME_ARGS --user-data-dir=$USER_DATA_DIR "$@"
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